Apr 26, 2013

Google Alert - Employment Law

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Concern over employment law changes
New Zealand Herald
Employment law experts have expressed concerns about plans to fast-track decisions on disputes before the Employment Relations Authority. Among sweeping changes proposed in the new Employment Relations Amendment Bill, the authority will have to ...
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Elements of unemployment program violate civil rights
Sun-Sentinel
"DOL was aware of the legislative changes to the re-employment system before its passage in 2011 and provided no objection," wrote DEO spokeswoman Monica Russell. "Now a different division within DOL … is challenging those very same laws." ...
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Florida Unemployment Regime Violates Civil Rights Requirements: Labor ...
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- Florida violated federal civil rights law with its new and unusual requirement that unemployment claimants file online and take math and reading tests before they can receive benefits, the U.S. Labor Department determined this month.
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Government announces employment law changes under new Act
PersonnelToday.com
These include an amendment to the Employment Rights Act 1996, which will mean whistleblowing disclosures will not be protected unless the employee believes they are in the public interest, as well as changes to the "good faith" requirements relating to ...
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Govt defends employment law changes
Newstalk ZB
The Government is defending changes to employment laws that have been slammed by the opposition and unions. The Employment Relations Amendment Bill has been introduced to Parliament today. Labour Minister Simon Bridges says the Bill is aimed at ...
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GAY RIGHTS: Employment discrimination still legal and common
Press-Enterprise (blog)
In a sign, though, how same-sex marriage now is easily the most prominent gay-rights issue, the Gallup Poll hasn't even asked questions about employment discrimination since 2008. It asks about support for marriage rights once or twice a year. And ...
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Press-Enterprise (blog)
"Massive influx" of bullying claims expected under proposed new laws
SmartCompany.com.au
Employment law expert Peter Vitale says there will "unquestionably" be a big increase in bullying claims to the commission. "These provisions create another avenue of access to the tribunal for people who are dissatisfied with their working environment ...
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Osborne's 'shares for rights' scheme saved, but employers must offer free ...
HRmagazine.co.uk
That legal advice will cover the terms and effects of the new employment status, including precisely what employment rights will be lost. The advice will also cover the terms and effect of the shareholding including whether they cover voting rights, a ...
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HRmagazine.co.uk
California Labor Law: High-Tech Firms Allegedly Violated Antitrust Laws
LawyersandSettlements.com
San Jose, CA: A California labor lawsuit filed against high-tech companies in California recently suffered a setback, but claims against the firms may still proceed. The California labor law complaint alleged various companies committed collusion to ...
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LawyersandSettlements.com
Civil and Human Rights Coalition Applauds Confirmation of Jenny Yang to the ...
Civilrights.org
Her work at the Department of Justice, as a federal judicial law clerk, in private practice, and at the National Employment Law Project make an EEOC appointment a natural fit for her abilities. Yang's dedication to civil rights and employment law is ...
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UK's 'rights for shares' plan has limitations
Financial Times
The Federation for Small Businesses says companies complain they are often discouraged from hiring new staff because of the complexity of employment law and the perceived risks of being taken to an employment tribunal. Larger businesses are more able ...
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Labor Department asks Florida to ditch English-only online unemployment ...
Raw Story
The U.S. Department of Labor's Civil Rights Center (CRC) issued initial findings Thursday that the state's requirements that unemployment insurance applications must be submitted online and in English violate the applicants' civil rights. In a ...
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Be sure managers know they can't discipline employees for using FMLA
Business Management Daily
by The HR Specialist: Texas Employment Law on April 25, 2013 4:00pm in FMLA Guidelines,Human Resources. Some managers resent the idea of FMLA leave. They may believe that employees who take time off for family or medical needs aren't really team ...
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Employment law changes welcomed
Voxy
"Removing compulsion from parties involved in multi-employer bargaining, removing the compulsion to settle a collective agreement, and removing compulsion for new employees to join a collective agreement will allow for improved employment ...
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Former labor secretary hired prestigious law firm before exiting administration
Washington Examiner
Hilda Solis, the former labor secretary who stepped down in January, hired one of the most prestigious law firms in the country during her last year in President Obama's administration. Solis, who made $199,700 as labor secretary, paid between $50,000 ...
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TWC offers tips for teens looking for summer employment
Times Record News
"I urge teenagers, parents and employers to educate themselves on the child labor laws designed to protect our children," said TWC Commissioner Representing Labor Ronny Congleton. "Safety should always be the most important factor as Texas youths ...
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Four recent employment law precedents HR should know - HRzone.co.uk
HRZone.co.uk
An employment tribunal concluded that a man weighing over 21st was not – legally – disabled because there was no identifiable physical or mental cause for his obesity. The judge in the appeal rejected the tribunal's findings, arguing that the question ...
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Employment relations changes another blow for workers
New Zealand Doctor Online
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) says the changes to employment law announced today will be bad news for workers and the economy. The changes include a change to the Employment Relations Act so that employers are not required to ...
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REFILE-Florida ordered to improve access to jobless benefits
Reuters
The Labor Department's Civil Rights Center has been investigating the changes, based on a complaint filed by the National Employment Law Project and Florida Legal Services. In an initial determination, made public on Thursday, the department found that ...
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Employment: Commission proposes to improve application of workers' rights to ...
Invest in EU
The European Commission has today proposed measures to ensure the better application of EU law on people's right to work in another Member State and so make it easier for people to exercise their rights in practice. Currently there is a persistent ...
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Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) Reintroduced in the 113th Congress
Civilrights.org
With no federal law currently protecting individuals from job discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity, civil rights advocates applauded today the reintroduction of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA ...
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NZ workers will not be fooled again - union
Voxy
"Minister of Labour Simon Bridges says that these law changes will bring more flexibility to the labour market and benefit employer and employee alike," Robert Reid said. "We know from the bitter experience of the 1990s that claims from the National ...
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Colorado Court of Appeals says no employment protection for people who use ...
Washington Post
The ruling concurs with court decisions in similar cases elsewhere and comes as businesses attempt to regulate pot use among employees in states where the drug is legal. Colorado and Washington state law both provide for recreational marijuana use.
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B&ES says TUPE changes could drive employment costs up
HeatingandVentilation.net
The Government has reviews the current regulations dating from 2006 as part of a wider review of employment law. It claims that the proposed changes will produce a net benefit to business of up to £30m a year. However, B&ES believes that the cost to ...
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Ruling: Fla. unemployment insurance process unfair
San Francisco Chronicle
A separate complaint filed with the Labor Department last May by the National Employment Law Project and Florida Legal Services is still pending. DEO spokesman Monica Russell said in a statement that Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity ...
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Former Commerzbank bankers should be paid bonuses from 2008, says court
The Guardian
Paul Quain, partner at GQ Employment Law, said: "Banks are now discouraged from using group methods for communicating with staff, such as town hall meetings which had become increasingly popular prior to the high court decision. They won't want to risk ...
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The Guardian
Congress seeks job discrimination ban based on sexual orientation or gender ...
Phoenix Business Journal (blog)
Isn't that kind of employment discrimination already illegal? Not in much of the U.S. There's no federal law prohibiting it. In 29 states, it's legal for an employer to refuse to hire somebody -- or fire them -- because they are gay. In 34 states ...
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EEOC Holds Both Staffing Firms And Staffing Clients Responsible Under EEO ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
The nature of the staffing firm/client company relationship makes dealing with EEO issues and employment laws even more difficult than is typically the case. When in doubt about how to handle a particular situation, consult your employment counsel.
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NYC must defend school aides accused of hitting - NECN.com
NECN
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City must defend school employees sued for hitting students even though the behavior violates their employment rules, the state's top court ruled Thursday. The Court of Appeals concluded that a 1960 state law requires ...
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Wichita Hispanic Chamber presenting panel discussion on employment ...
Wichita Business Journal
The Wichita Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will hold a panel discussion next week on employment and immigration law as part of its ongoing Lunch & Learn series. The event is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Cessna Conference Room at Wesley ...
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'Shares for rights' given approval - Workplace Law
Workplace Law Network (subscription)
Commenting on the decision, Tom Flanagan, Head of employment law at Irwin Mitchell, described it as a "worrying step that is unlikely to find favour with either workers or employers". He added: "The 'ping pong' process that this legislation has been ...
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Drop in wages expected from law change
Newstalk ZB
The unions are warning of a cut in workers' pay if proposed law changes to employment relations go ahead. The EPMU says the changes are an attempt to return to the failed Employment Contracts Act of the 1990s, that led to an unprecedented drop in wages ...
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Newstalk ZB
Employment law changes tilting the balance strongly toward employers
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Employment law changes tilting the balance strongly toward employers. Rail and port workers say an ability for employers to opt out of multi employer collective agreements sends a message that a race to the bottom on wages is acceptable. "The rail MECA ...
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Employment Non-Discrimination Act Reintroduced In Senate - Huffington Post
Huffington Post
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, has been introduced in Congress regularly since the mid-1990s without ever being passed. But given the public discussion on gay rights over the past year, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), a co-sponsor, told ...
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Beware firing for 'spreading rumors' about bias
Business Management Daily
Beware firing for 'spreading rumors' about bias. by The HR Specialist: Minnesota Employment Law on April 26, 2013 12:00pm in Discrimination and Harassment,Firing,Human Resources. Bosses may not like it, but employees have the right to complain about ...
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After group action fizzles, loan officers sue employer one by one
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
The individual route could pay off for the plaintiffs, said Charles Sullivan, a professor of employment law at Seton Hall Law School. "It might be a very clever strategy" in the wake of the Dukes decision, Sullivan said. "They've used the certification ...
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Thomson Reuters News & Insight

Blogs3 new results for Employment Law
 
Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) Introduced in Congress ...
By Andy Towle
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) was reintroduced today in the House and Senate. Unfortunately, its reintroduction was marred by objections over religous exemption language in the bill. The ACLU, Lambda Legal, National ...
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'Disparate impact' hurts businesses, workers according to experts ...
By Bill McMorris
Disparate impact has been bad law for employers who are forced to engage in expensive forms of screening before hiring potential employees, according to labor attorneys. "The government seems to be forcing increased costs intentionally ...
Washington Free Beacon
Colorado Court of Appeals says no employment protection for ...
By The Associated Press
The ruling concurs with court decisions in similar cases elsewhere and comes as businesses attempt to regulate pot use among employees in states where the drug is legal. Colorado and Washington state law both provide for recreational ...
Macleans.ca

Web6 new results for Employment Law
 
Labor rights lawyer: 'Political winds blowing the right way' to pass ...
Raw Story spoke to labor rights attorney John P. Mahoney, a partner in the labor and employment law practice Tully Rinckey who said that his firm is constantly ...
www.rawstory.com/.../labor-rights-lawyer-political-winds-blo...
The Basics of Mexican Labor Law article - National Employment ...
The Federal Labor Law ("FLL") is the primary employment law in Mexico and ... This law further sets forth the procedural provisions for labor litigation and ...
www.nationalemploymentlawcouncil.org/.../Basics_of_Mexica...
Being Laid Off? Know Your Rights As An Employee | CAREEREALISM
Today, employees are also familiar with the idea of being laid off. If this unfortunate event happens to you, make sure you know your rights.
www.careerealism.com/laid-off-employee-rights/
Florida in violation of civil rights, labor department says - Sun Sentinel
Florida's requirement to file online and take a skills test to receive initial unemployment benefits, is a violation of federal civil rights, the Department of Labor has ...
articles.sun-sentinel.com/.../sfl-florida-unemployment-civil-rig...
Employment Law | UtilitySafetyOnline.com
Employment Law. Workforce training is essential for an organization's success. There are several laws requiring employee training. One law under which there ...
www.utilitysafetyonline.com/course-catalog/employment-law
Employment Law Basics for Managers | Compliance Training
Employment Law Basics for Managers. Overview. 1 Day. This all-day, instructor- led course is designed to familiarize managers (both new and experienced) with ...
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